Improved washing-machine



Cdiuited tatea J.` W. MYERS, or LYo'Ns, I OWA.

Lette/rs Patent N 94,332, dated August 31, 41869.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Pa'tent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, `J. W.\,MYEEs, of Lyns,in the county of Glinton, and State of Iowa, have invented-a new andimproved IVashing-Maohine; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description theieof, which will enable othersskilled in the art lte make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and eiieientwashing machine, for washing clothes.

It consists in an arrangement of horizontal grooved rubbing-disks, atub, and operating-mechanism, all as hereinafter more fully specified. VFigure l represents a sectional elevation of my improved machine. lFigure 2 represents a face view of one of the rnb- ,hing-disks.

A Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Vthin a suitable tub, A, prefeiably supported on legs, or otherwise,above the floor, I provide a fixed rubbingdisk, B, having a groovedface,D, the said grooves being arranged in parallel groups. or sectionsE, giving tothe lidges formed thereby directions oblique to thecentre.E

In the lower rubber these ridges and grooves are l pitched in onedirection, and those in the upper rubber to be placed between the tworubbers. The arrangement is such that the two rubbers cannot be forcedquit-c together.

A suitable space is provided between the rubbers and the wall of thetub, to facilitate the. application and removal of the clothes.

Rotary motion is imparted to the upper rubber yby the vibratinghand-lever H and Wheels I and K, whereby the clothes are rubbed betweenthe said rubbers B and C, as they are revolved first one Way and thenthe g other The clothes are prevented from being discharged from therubbers, under these reverse'motions, by the vopposing action of` thegrooves and projections, which are pitched in opposite directions, asabove stated.

The upper rubber-shaft is supported in'bearings on the cover L, so thatwhen the latter is'raised, the said rubber will be elevated from thetub.

The upper diskis provided with agitating-blades `M, for imparting greatagitation to the water.

Witnesses: l

GEORGE ALLEN, STEPHEN BRIGGs.

